THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL 1ST DAY STEREO PRESS PCS 3075 1G STAMPER EX-/ EX LP

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THE BEATLES

RUBBER SOUL 1ST STEREO PRESSING


CAT NO. PCS 3075

DAY OF RELEASE LP FROM 3RD DECEMBER 1965

MASTER MATRICES YEX 178-2/ YEX 179-2

MOTHERS & STAMPERS SIDE 1:   1 G !!                                               SIDE 2:   1 GH !!


THIS IS ONE OUT OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED PRESSED FROM WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN PRIOR TO RELEAS DATE 3RD DECEMBER 1965! 
IT HAS 1ST 1 G MOTHER & STAMPER COMBINATION ON SIDE 1 WITH THE 1 GH MOTHER & STAMPER ON SIDE 2. 1ST LABEL FORMAT LAYOUT WITH THIN 'STEREO' IN ORIGINAL LARGE FONT AND ALIGNED RIGHT ABOVE TO THE EDGE OF THE PARLOPHONE LOGO ON BOTH SIDES. 

FINDING ONE OUT OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED PRESSED, EVEN ON DAY OF RELEASE IN 1965 WITH THE 1G STAMPERS WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL CHANCE, LET ALONE NOW MORE THAN 50 YEARS LATER! ALSO STEREO PRESSINGS WERE STILL IN FAR LESS DEMAND THAN THE MONO COUNTERPART, WHICH MAKES ORIGINAL PRESSINGS IN STEREO EVEN RARER STILL.
 RUBBER SOUL INDICATED A SHIFT IN THE BEATLES MUSICAL AND LYRICAL SCOPE INTO THE REALM OF PSYCHEDELIA. GEORGE HARRISON WAS QUOTED IN 1995 AS SAYING THE BEATLES TRIED NEW THINGS WITH RUBBER SOUL AND KNEW THEY WERE MAKING A GOOD ALBUM HERE!

THE SLEEVE: THIS IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS TO EXCELLENT MINUS CONDITION. DARK RED RUBBER SOUL ON FRONT COVER, TEAR ON JOHN LENNON'S JACKET SHOULDER STILL VISIBLE. FOLD-OVER’S ONTO REAR ARE CLEAN AND INTACT. NO LAMINATE FRAYS TO EDGES OR SPINE, AND NO RECORD RING WEAR TO FRONT OR REAR PANEL. CLEAR AND WHITE REAR PANEL WITH HARDKY ANY BLEMISHES AT ALL. SPINE NEAT AND FIRM AND WITH LEGIBLE TEXT. NO WRITING OR WRITING IMPRINTS. COMPLETELY INTACT AT ALL SEAMS AND OPENING SIDE COMPLETELY FLAT. HAS JUST SLIGHT CORNER STORAGE SCUFFS, AND A FEW LIGHT CREASES TO THE LAMINATED FRONT.
VINYL LABELS ARE EXCELLENT, STRIKING YELLOW PARLOPHONE LOGO AGAINST DEEP BLACK ALL-ROUND SMOOTH BACKGROUND. JUST VERY SLIGHT SPINDLE POINT PERIMETER WEAR TO BUT NO SPINDLE LINE TRACES AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE.

VINYL:  SIDE 1 EXCELLENT MINUS / SIDE 2 EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. FREE OF SCRATCHES, SCUFFS, WARPS, AND DINKS IN THE SURFACE ON BOTH SIDES. HAS CLEARLY RECEIVED CAREFUL USE AND MINIMAL PLAYS. COMPLETELY SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL OVER DEEP MIRROR-LIKE SHINE ALL OVER BOTH SIDES. 
 THERE ARE NO BLEMISHES TO NOTE IN NORMAL LIGHT. JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL ULTRA-FEINT NON-FEELABLE LIGHT MARKS ON SIDE AND LIGHT WISPY SLEEVE TRAILS HERE AND THERE UNDER A HALOGEN LIGHT ON SIDE 1 WITH THE VINYL HELD ANGLED. SIDE 2 IS FLAWLESS. THIS IS A HEAVY EARLY SIXTIES PRESSING AT 173 GRAMS, IT IS CLEAN WITH NO GROOVE WEAR AND LAYS COMPLETELY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE AND PERFECTLY ON SPINDLE POINT.

ORIGINAL EMI INNER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. COMPLETELY INTACT AT ALL SEAMS AND EDGES, AND NO SCUFFING TO THE TRACING LINER AT THE OPENING. MADE IN ENGLAND TEXT PRESENT ON REAR AND CORRECTLY THE PATENTS APPLIED TEXT OMITTED. NO DISCOLORATION.



THE AUDIO: GRADES AS EXCELLENT PLUS. PLAYS SMOOTHLY ON BOTH SIDES FROM START TO FINISH WITH FULL DYNAMIC RANGE AND STEREO CHANNELING THROUGHOUT, CRISP AND CLEAR INSTRUMENTALS AND WITH FULL BALANCE AND DETAIL IN THE VOCALS WITH NO INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND SURFACE NOISE. INTRO'S, FADE-OUT'S AND INBETWEENS ARE QUIET.  JUST A FEW LIGHT TICKS DETECTED UNDER EXTREME SCRUTINY BUT ONLY REALLY THE FIRST TRACK DURING FADE OUT. NO SKIPS, JUMPS, STICKS, CRACKLE, POPS, OR ANYTHING INTRUSIVE THROUGHOUT. WILL BE VERY FEW OF THESE RARE 1ST STEREO'S THAT EVER SURFACE OF SIMILIAR ENDURING SOUND QUALITY. 


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